‘The Footbonaut’ – The Future of Soccer Training [Video]

A few months ago, German football club and Bundesliga champions Borussia Dortmund unveiled the newest addition to their training facility – the “Footbonaut.” The Footbonaut is a 45 foot cage that feeds ball to a player standing in the middle of the contraption. The player then returns the ball into one of the machine’s 72 panels.

The panels have red and green flashing led lights around them, so when a player receives a ball, the lights around that panel flash red, while the lights of the panel the player is supposed to return it to flash green. With the Footbonaut, players can focus on things like ball-handling, reaction time, footwork, precision and much more.